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The Darlings

The Darlings
  • Author(s): Hannah McKinnon
  • Location(s): Cape Cod
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

At age ninety-two, Tish Darling is the matriarch and protector of what’s left of the Darling family fortune, including the decades-old beach house, Riptide. Located on the crook of Cape Cod, it’s a place she once loved but has...

The Daughter from a Wishing Tree

The Daughter from a Wishing Tree
  • Author(s): Sudha Murty, Priyankar Gupta (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Did you know that the Trinity often turned to goddesses to defeat the asuras? Did you know that the first clone in the world was created by a woman? The women in Indian mythology might be fewer in number,...

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
  • Author(s): Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • Location(s): Yucatan Peninsula
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy

Carlota Moreau: A young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula, the only daughter of a genius – or a madman. Montgomery Laughton: A melancholic overseer with...

The Daughter of River Valley

The Daughter of River Valley
  • Author(s): Victoria Cornwall
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Victorian

Cornwall, 1861 Beth Jago appears to have the idyllic life, she has a trade to earn a living and a cottage of her own in Cornwall’s beautiful River Valley. Yet appearances can be deceptive … Beth has a secret....

The Daughter of The Merchant of Venice

The Daughter of The Merchant of Venice
  • Author(s): Stephen Sturgess
  • Location(s): Crete, Istanbul (Constantinople), Venice
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 16th Century

The Daughter of the Merchant of Venice is an intriguing love story that follows the romance between an apprentice artist named Stefano D’Alvino and Giustina Boschetti, the daughter of a Venetian merchant. Theirs is a story of love, betrayal, forgiveness,...

The Dawn of Saudi

The Dawn of Saudi
  • Author(s): Homa Pouragari
  • Location(s): Saudi Arabia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

This poignant mystery is about three people whose lives intertwine in a tale that depicts the oppression of women and the human rights abuse under the pretext of religion. Dawn Parnell made the mistake of marrying a Saudi; Sahar...

The Day I Died

The Day I Died
  • Author(s): Lori Rader-Day
  • Location(s): Indiana
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Anna Winger knows people better than they know themselves with only a glance—at their handwriting. Hired by companies seeking trustworthy employees and by the lovelorn hoping to find happiness, Anna likes to keep the real mess of other people’s...

The Day of the Locust

The Day of the Locust
  • Author(s): Nathanael West
  • Location(s): Hollywood
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1930s/1940s

The Day of the Locust is a novel about Hollywood and its corrupting touch, about the American dream turned into a sun-drenched California nightmare. Nathanael West’s Hollywood is not the glamorous “home of the stars” but a seedy world...

The Day Of The Owl

The Day Of The Owl
  • Author(s): Leonardo Sciascia
  • Location(s): Sicily
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Second half 20th Century

In the piazza, a man lies dead. No one will say if they witnessed his killing. This presents a challenge to the investigating officer, a man who earnestly believes in the values of a democratic and modern society. Indeed,...

The Day of the Roaring

The Day of the Roaring
  • Author(s): Nina Bhadreshwar
  • Location(s): Sheffield
  • Genre(s): Police Procedural
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Don’t miss this award winning debut crime thriller set in Sheffield introducing DI Diana Walker: A grizzly murder has Diana questioning everything she knows, and secrets come to light that threaten to to tear her world apart When the...

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